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Old 05-18-2016, 05:47 AM   #137
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Certainly not. Literature is being written today, but I think that time is the only factor which will tell us which literature is sufficiently culturally important to be worthy of being taught in schools. Doesn't need to be 100 years, but a few decades, certainly.
If a book is relevant now, I see no reason why it cannot be used. If it becomes not relevant sometime in the future, a different book can be used.
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